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Women's lived experiences of the breast cancer trajectory: the waiting period for treatment and the impacts on feminine identity
Breast cancer, according to research, is diagnosed in approximately one in every twenty-nine women in South Africa. Differences in gender, race and class produce disparities in health care, subjecting lower class women to lengthy waiting periods between diagnosis and treatment. Present research stud...
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Gender Studies
2014
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